handy info

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Below is a handy guide which I find useful when quoting on nach and megillos:




Standard Amount of Parchment for Megillos and Sifrei Nach based on the Ben Osher Tikun Megillah/Sefer Number of 42-line columns


Number of parchment sections required


Sefer Torah


245


65


Megillot:


Megillat Esther

10

3

Megillat Ruth

4

1

Megillat Echah

6

2

Megillat Kohelet

9

3

Megillat Shir HaShirim

4

1

Totals


33


10


Sifrei Nach:


Yehoshua

31

8

Shofetim

31

8

Shmu'el I & II

75

19

Melachim I & II

78

20

Yeshayahu

53

14

Yirmeyahu

69

18

Yehezqel

59

15

Trei Asar:
Hoshea, Yo'el, Amos, Ovadya, Yona, Micha, Nachum, Habakuk, Zefanya, Haggay, Zecharya, Mal'achi 		46

12

Totals


442


114


Grand Totals


720


189


Additional Megillot / Nach:


Tehillim

72

18

Mishlei

47

12

Iyov

Varies

Varies

Daniel

Varies

Varies

Ezra - Nehemiah

47

12

Divrei Hayamim

Varies

Varies

Comments

  1. Etan KatzOctober 25, 2012 at 9:46 AM

    An excellent chart!

    I’m pretty sure a 245 amud Sefer Torah is only 62 yeri’os. I usually write Sifrei Torah using the 248 amud tikun (the writing is a bit less crowded), and it calls for 63 yeri’os.

    p.s. I’ve seen Sifrei Tehilim on klaf, but I’ve never seen any of the other “additional” seforim... Is there really a market for them?

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  2. Rabbi Eli GutnickOctober 25, 2012 at 10:09 AM

    I also thought a 245 omud sefer was 62 yeriyos. Someone emailed me this because I asked him how many amudim a megillas eicha is. I have no idea who wrote it

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  3. Yerachmiel AskotzkyOctober 25, 2012 at 10:35 AM

    245 amudim/62 yerios

    I think Eicha is 5 or 6 depending on whether it's Berdichev or Ben Asher tikkun.

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  4. YitzchakOctober 26, 2012 at 5:34 AM

    My yeshiva has an old tikkun for Eicha at 5 very crowded amudim.

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